1. PAMELA M. SANTERRE
EDU744
Professor Graffius

2. Hi everyone! I‟m Pamela Santerre.
I‟m 26 and have lived my entire life in
Thompson, CT, which is in the exact
northeast corner of Connecticut.
I anticipate graduating from the
program in December of 2012

3. TEACHING HISTORY
This is my fifth year of teaching.
1st year: high school English
Years 2 & 3: Grades 5-8 Computer-Technology
Years 4 & 5: Grade 8 Language Arts
Woodstock Middle School softball coach
Chaperone- Grade 8 Washington DC trip

4. WELCOME TO WOODSTOCK
I teach grade 8 Language Arts at Woodstock
Middle School in Woodstock, CT.
Woodstock is a rural, historic community with an
agricultural background. Woodstock has more
operating dairy farms than any other town in
Connecticut, and the residents feel strongly about
preserving the rural character of Woodstock.
WMS is small (≈ 400 students) and as the only
grade 8 Language Arts teacher, I teach all of the
grade 8 students.

5. MAGIC
I have a 7 year old purebred Arabian
gelding named Magic.
I have owned him since he was a year
old, and I trained him myself.
The type of riding we do is dressage.
I carry the lessons I learn from owning
him into my teaching.
Respect, discipline, and consistency are
key!

6. Karma
THE KITTIES
I have three cats:
Spooky, Shadow, & Karma.
Spooky is truly my cat, and he is
studying for his MSED right
along with me.
As you can see, he finds literacy
assessments rather stimulating.
Spooky
Shadow & my mom

7. FOLLOW THE FIFTY
 I was recently chosen to be a spokesmodel for the
Northeast District Department of Health
 183 women, divided into fifty “teams” will be the
subjects of a highly publicized campaign to achieve heart-
healthy lifestyles and raise awareness that heart disease is the
number one killer of women.
 The focus is not on visual outcome, but the importance
of lowering the risk factors that are impacting your health
on the inside.
 Emphasis on being a successful „role‟ model rather than
a „runway‟ model.”

8. NEW YEAR‟S RESOLUTION
Quit drinking diet soda!
3 months and counting
without a sip!

9. FAVORITES
 TV Show: Once Upon a Time, the Walking
Dead, NCIS, True Blood, Super Nanny, Project
Runway
 Food: sweet potato sushi; shrimp &
lobster; pasta; pizza
 Thing to do: spend time with friends
and family; road trip; be outdoors; go to
comedy shows or concerts
My best friend, Mandy, and I. We’ve
been best friends for 23 years!

10. LOOKING FORWARD TO
LEARNING WITH YOU ALL
THIS SEMESTER!